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ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 12, 2019

IN THE PRESS:

SSEC and CIMSS Scientists in the News: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provide expert commentary, interviews, and imagery to news media and participate in events to promote science. In the news this week: 1) UW News profiled PhD student Kelton Halbert who is studying high resolution weather prediction modeling. Halbert's advisor at CIMSS is Leigh Orf, an expert in thunderstorm and tornado modeling. The story, "Research at UW–Madison changes student lives" is online (https://news.wisc.edu/research-at-uw-madison-changes-student-lives/). 2) On Apr. 9, nearly 200 attendees gathered for the annual AOSS Community Poster Reception and the Reid Bryson Poster Competition. The event creates a forum for researchers to discuss their work and acts as a springboard for new collaborations. Read more at https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/news/articles/11885/. 3) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributor Scott Bachmeier published posts on  "Large-scale blowing dust event" (Apr. 10-11), "Blowing dust in southern Nevada" (Apr. 9),  "Fires in the Plains" (Apr. 8), and "Large hail in Texas" (Apr. 6). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/). (J. Phillips, SSEC, 608-262-8164, K. Halbert, L. Orf, CIMSS, S. Bachmeier, CIMSS, S. Lindstrom, SSEC)

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Figure: 2019 AOSS Community Poster Reception and Reid Bryson Poster Competition. Credit: B. Bellon, SSEC. 

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Figure: On Apr. 10, strong winds generated large plumes of blowing dust that originated from southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, northern Mexico, and western Texas. These GOES-16 True Color Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images depicted blowing dust as shades of tan to light brown. Note that the dust plume emanating from White Sands, New Mexico was lighter in appearance compared to the other areas of blowing dust.Credit: R. Kohrs, SSEC.  

ITEMS FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR:

ITEMS FOR THE ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR:

American Meteorological Society Scientific Program Committee Convenes: From 9 through 11 April 2019, Wayne Feltz, Jordan Gerth, and Chris Velden, of the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), and Jeff Key, of the NESDIS STAR Advanced Satellite Products Branch (ASPB), participated in the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Committee on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology (SatMetOC) Scientific Program Committee (SPC) held at AMS Headquarters in Boston, MA, ahead of the September 2019 AMS SatMetOC conference. The 2019 AMS SatMetOC conference is joint with the NOAA Satellite Conference and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Meteorological Satellite Conference in Boston, MA, from 29 September through 4 October. The program covers eight topics in satellite meteorology and remote sensing; approximately 20 AMS, NOAA, and EUMETSAT representatives and subject-matter experts representing the various topics attended the SPC. The result of the SPC's work was the conference program of presentations. (J. Gerth, CIMSS, 608-263-4942, W. Feltz, C. Velden, J. Key)

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ITEMS FOR THE OFFICE DIRECTOR, STAR:

Very First Look at Korea's AMI Data: The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) recently posted GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI) data online (http://nmsc.kma.go.kr/html/homepage/en/ver2/static/selectStaticPage.do?view=gk2aMicro). Comments on the structure and contents of the files were presented to both the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Calibration and Algorithm Working Groups. (T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov; R. Garcia, SSEC; W. Straka III, CIMSS; J. Nelson, CIMSS, 608-263-6013; M. Gunshor, CIMSS, 608-263-1146)

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Figure: First Light image of the 0.6 micrometer band on the GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI). 

ITEMS FOR THE DIVISION CHIEF, CoRP:

Polar2Grid software used to create imagery on CIMSS Satellite Blog: The CIMSS Blog this week featured two entries that detailed how to use Polar2Grid software (https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/software/polar2grid/) to create single-channel imagery (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/32778) and true-color imagery (http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/archives/32845) from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) data on NOAA-20. Any user can access VIIRS data from the NOAA Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System (CLASS) archive and process it through Polar2Grid to create the full-resolution images. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, 608 263 4425; K. Strabala, CIMSS; D. Hoese, CIMSS; L. Gumley, CIMSS)

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Figure: True-Color image over Missouri (1942 UTC on 9 April 2019) from NOAA-20 VIIRS Imagery, created using Polar2Grid.

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